Whether they have a barn or not, many horsekeepers rely on long-established methods of manure disposal, such as composting or having waste hauled away.

We all have romanticized visions of the barn we would love to own one day. But sometimes a dream barn---or perhaps any barn---is out of reach. That doesn’t mean, however, that you have to give up the dream of horse ownership or that you’ll have to keep horses in a way that compromises their health or happiness.

You just need to be prepared to make a few adjustments to your thinking.

Choosing to construct a quality run-in shed is never a wasteful venture, whether you are looking to use it as a short- or long-term solution, and outbuildings and creative storage arrangements can help you house everything but the horse itself. You might even find that the barn wasn’t really the dream after all, and that a barnless lifestyle holds benefits you never even imagined.